Background

There is no known local public memorial to the war dead of the Breamish Valley. In response to this, and in the context of the First World War Centenary (Nov 2018), the Breamish Valley War Memorial Project (BVWMP) was initiated in early 2017 by local resident Robbie Burn. The aim is to:

Commemorate individuals who lost their lives in either of the two world wars while serving in the armed forces or directly supporting the armed forces.

Phase one

To identify fallen service personnel and then to create and publish a Roll of Honour.

The Roll of Honour was first published in September 2017.

Phase two

The construction and siting of a physical war memorial within the local community.

Research

We recognise that, even today, the issue of commemorating our war dead is an emotive one. We have, in good faith, attempted to identify all the individuals from the Breamish Valley who lost their lives and to construct as complete a list as possible. To this end, Robbie Burn has undertaken extensive research to identify 30 service personnel (as at 26 January 2018) who lost their lives in either of the two world wars.

Omissions

We acknowledge that there may be omissions from the list of fallen individuals and, therefore, we have made provision for names to be added. The inclusion criteria, and the procedure for requesting a name to be added to the Roll of Honour and War Memorial, are set out in the following document: